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  Impeachment hearings ...

  by mikeflood in

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  watched a little bit the famous impeachment hearings....the witness sometimes when they were put on oath were with a smiled in their faces, others insecure, and the rest rightly totally outraged.... i turned it off.

  too much time on the media for nothing.

  it's like the russian thing didn't work to oust trump, and now ukraine maybe.

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  The other option is a censure, which in JW speak is like a "public reproof." From what I am hearing, a lot of the Republicans would go that route as opposed to impeachment.

  I do agree with some here that if he is impeached and not convicted, that he may come out stronger from the whole process as did Clinton.

  My money at this time would be on censure, unless there is more stuff presented. There has been a lot of smoke but no actual fire. With all due respect to horses and according to the US Constitution, you don't convict a president for being an acrid, lying sack of horse shit, only for "high crimes and misdemeanors", whatever that term means.

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  Elon Musk, And The CyberTruck That Homer Built

  by Simon in

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  i think tesla and musk have officially jumped the shark.. did you see the "cybertruck" they released?

  it's like the car that homer built!.

  it has to be the ugliest vehicle ever built.

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  The battery will just about get you from Fort Worth to Dallas.

  JeffT ....

  LMAO ... But don't be so skeptical. I think DFW has a charging station.

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  Elon Musk, And The CyberTruck That Homer Built

  by Simon in

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  i think tesla and musk have officially jumped the shark.. did you see the "cybertruck" they released?

  it's like the car that homer built!.

  it has to be the ugliest vehicle ever built.

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  Am I a visionary or a con-man?

  Simon ...

  You be the man.

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  Elon Musk, And The CyberTruck That Homer Built

  by Simon in

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  i think tesla and musk have officially jumped the shark.. did you see the "cybertruck" they released?

  it's like the car that homer built!.

  it has to be the ugliest vehicle ever built.

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  At under 40,000 US, I don't know how he could pull that off. The batteries alone would have to cost nearly half of that. Even a Jeep Wrangler is in the 40,000 range now. A truck like that with the torque of an electric motor, in a 4x4 configuration ... wow. Only to dream.

  We shall see.

  (PS, Simon, I do agree that he is probably smoking dope to do what he is claiming to do at 40k).

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  Elon Musk, And The CyberTruck That Homer Built

  by Simon in

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  i think tesla and musk have officially jumped the shark.. did you see the "cybertruck" they released?

  it's like the car that homer built!.

  it has to be the ugliest vehicle ever built.

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  That must have some big-ass batteries in it to go 500 miles on a charge.

  Just as with all electric vehicles, I cannot imagine what the cost of a new battery would be as it slowly wears out.

  But the more I look at it, the more "interesting" it becomes.

  Elon Musk didn't become the visionary that he is based on following someone else's ideas.

  People like him and Richard Branson (Virgin Airlines) are so far ahead of the curve that it is truly fascinating to see what they think of next.

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  Double Standard of Proof

  by neat blue dog in

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  there's a new article about john the baptist (not sure why they reverted to baptist instead of the modern english 'baptizer'), and it goes into several areas of his life followed by quotes from josephus showing that these specific things were historically documented.

  the article is summarized by saying:.

  the first-century historian josephus viewed john the baptist as a real person.

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  It's like believing in Voldemort because Harry Potter does.

  Simon ...

  Touche.

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  Elon Musk, And The CyberTruck That Homer Built

  by Simon in

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  i think tesla and musk have officially jumped the shark.. did you see the "cybertruck" they released?

  it's like the car that homer built!.

  it has to be the ugliest vehicle ever built.

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  You could also say that no one is going to confuse your car with all the Toyotas in everyone else's driveways.

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  What Do You Think About Banning Plastic Bags?

  by minimus in

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  we need to save the planet so we have to stop using plastic bags!

  in massachusetts, the new law will be going into effect soon.

  if you go food shopping, you only cat get paper bags.. what is your opinion of the state banning plastic bags?

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  I was somewhat shocked when I moved down here to Florida from NY State. We generally had paper bags in the supermarkets there and you would generally try to fill it reasonably full. I come to Florida, go to a supermarket and buy 7 items and end up with 5 or 6 plastic bags. They seem to only put 1 or 2 items in a plastic bag. It just seems counter-intuitive to me.

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  What Do You Think About Banning Plastic Bags?

  by minimus in

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  we need to save the planet so we have to stop using plastic bags!

  in massachusetts, the new law will be going into effect soon.

  if you go food shopping, you only cat get paper bags.. what is your opinion of the state banning plastic bags?

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  Although many here may think I lean to the left a lot, I would say that a paper bag is better than plastic. Leave the paper bag in your backyard a few months and it just goes away. Plastic seems to remain forever.

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  First On-Screen Crush?

  by Simon in

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  many years ago, we lived in a world where the one tv in your house might be black and white, perhaps color if you were lucky, but either way the screen was small and the arial on your house would struggle to deliver a decent signal but often fail in a fuzzy mess.

  most of the movies you saw were old, there was no home video or rental - you got a chance to see something and then it was gone.

  planning your viewing was important to make sure you didn't miss something so you'd carefully scan the tv guide to pick out your favourites ... good job there were only 2 or 3 channels to look through.. but you could still see quality if you went to the movie theatre and there you got to see glorious film on a giant screen (which is only now being equalled quality wise).

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  Even though much older than me, Diana Rigg (Mrs. Peel) in the Avengers. In the original British show (probably reruns we got here in the US), she was just so cool. Her and Mr. Steed were great.

  That still ranks in my mind as one of the best shows ever.

  Rub a Dub